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Oowotowim sidewalks called filthy
By TIM BENNETT
Staff Writer
The streets and sidewalks of Chapel
Hill are filthy and not enough is being
done to clean them up, said James
Heavner, president of the Public-Private
Partnership and the Village Com
panies. In a letter to Mayor Jonathan Howes,
Heavner said during the recent trolley
celebration, the downtown area was an
embarrassment and some action needed
to be taken.
"We have been agreeing for over a
year now that the sidewalks downtown
were dirty and that keeping them clean
was a critical part of making the place
attractive for the public," he said. "Now,
I am told, we have a plan in place, but it
is simply not working."
Heavner's Village Companies do
nated $10,000 to the Chapel Hill
Carrboro Downtown Commission, a
group formed by the Public-Private
Partnership, to aid in downtown revi
talization. Village Companies has been asked
to contribute another $10,000 to the
commission, but this would only be
made "if it is tied to an absolute com
mitment to get downtown cleaned up."
Heavner questioned whether the
current efforts of the commission are
adequate.
"If all the effort that has been put into
restoring the downtown as an attractive
place is going to work, we must demon
strate that we are committed and com
petent to get the easiest job done or all
of this is doomed to failure."
If the sidewalks are kept clean, then
a sense of civic pride will spread and
result in improvements in the appear
ance of private property in the area, he
said.
"The cleanliness of the sidewalks is
not just a sanitation question," Heavner
said. "It has to do with selling down
town as a place whose commitment to
cleanliness is a representation of what a
special place it is, of how much people
care about their citizens, customers and
visitors."
The town has a contract with the
commission to clean the sidewalks for
10 hours a week using a high-powered
vacuum purchased by the commission,
Heavner said.
Ten hours each week is enough time
to sweep the walks once a week in some
places and no more than twice a week in
others, but this is not enough to keep the
town's streets clean, he said.
"We need to sweep the walks, they
need to be swept now, and they need to
be swept at least once a day, probably
twice a day in the 100 block east and
west," Heavner said.
The town should take immediate
action on this problem, Heavner said,
and asked that the town not refer the
issue to a committee for study.
Debbie Dibbert, the co-director of
the Downtown Commission, said the
commission is doing all that it is sup
posed to do and is not responsible for
the complete cleanliness of downtown.
Town Manager David Taylor and
the town staff are working on an exact
definition of what the commission's
role should be in the downtown cleanup.
Aldermen delay action on funding request
SRC
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conceptualized and embodied," Silva
said.
"Students have been well represented
throughout the process," Frye said.
Three student leaders have expressed
support for the SRC, she said: Brien
Lewis, student body president; Gene
Davis, speaker of Student Congress;
and Rick Cody, president of the Gradu
ate and Professional Students Associa
tion.
The Daily Tar Heel has added to the
controversy by not reporting on all sides
of the SRC issue, Silva said.
Frye said the next step for the SRC
would be approval of the Fetzer Court
yard site by the Building and Grounds
Committee in mid-October. The deci
sion will be passed on to the Board of
Trustees for final approval.
By SHEILA LONG
Staff Writer
The Carrboro Board of Aldermen
delayed action Tuesday night on the
Inter-Faith Council For Social Services
(IFC) funding request to remove asbes
tos from the homeless shelter in Chapel
Hill's old municipal building.
The board voted 6-1 to postpone
action for a week on the IPC's request
for an additional $5,000. Carrboro has
given $6,500 from its 1988-89 budget
along with additional funds from state
grants.
The board will reconsider IFC's
funding request at their next meeting.
Asbestos removal, which was re
quired before building renovations
could begin, was originally estimated
to cost $28,000, said Dee Keister, an
IPC representative. The final cost of the
removal was $71,000.
"We got a final bill in yesterday's
mail," Keister said, adding that IPC
owes $33,406 for the removal costs.
"We have $15,345 cash on hand. That
leaves a $18,061 deficit. Those figures
are as up-front as I can make them."
The IFC asked both the aldermen
and the Orange County Board of Com
missioners for additional funds this
week. On Monday, the commissioners
granted $10,000 of the IPC's requested
$20,000.
Alderwoman Judith Wegner said the
decision should be delayed so the town
could determine if more state grant
money could be obtained for the asbes
tos removal.
"It's early in our budget cycle,"
Wegner said. "We don't know if it's
going to snow, and we'll have to plow
the streets or what other emergencies
we might have that would require con
tingency funds."
According to Carrboro Town Man
ager Robert Morgan, the town has about
$20,000 in this year's contingency
budget.
Mayor Eleanor Kinnaird was the only
member of the board to vote in favor of
the $5,000 grant.
"We didn't use our entire contin
gency budget last year," she said. "I
think the IPC has given so much more
beyond $5,000 to our community."
, Wegner was quick to respond to these
comments.
"I think that's an unfair characteriza
tion of the motion," she said. "We're
trying to be fiscally responsible."
Alderman Tom Gurganus said he
would vote against giving the IFC
money from Carrboro's contingency
budget. But, he might support obtain
ing additional grant money for the group.
"I realize they're in a pinch, but I
don't feel it's a crisis," he said.
The aldermen also received an up
date on efforts to purchase land in
Westwood Cemetery for a future post
office.
James Harris, Carrboro's special
projects coordinator, told the board that
the U.S. Postal Service had been out to
see the two-acre tract of land in the
cemetery on Fidelity Street.
"The postal service surveyed the
property, and they've gotten a list of
local realtors to have appraisals done,"
he said. "Once that"s done, they'll get
back to us with some proposals."
Campus Police Roundup
A 20-foot section of 6-inch pipe
was reported stolen from the Ackland
Art Museum construction site Mon
day at 7:20 a.m. The pipe was valued
at $70.
Craige residents reported Mon
day at 9:33 a.m. that a male suspect
had been looking into windows from
the fourth floor hallway. Police were
told that the suspect had been sleeping
in the lounge. They located the man
and issued a trespass warning.
Police cited George McKay Sal
ley, Jr., a 20-year-old student, for
disorderly conduct after he allegedly
yelled at a passing patrol car. When
the officer stopped the car, the man
held up one arm, making an obscene
gesture. At the same time, with his
other hand, the man grasped his geni
tals and shook them at the officer.
Women standing at a bus stop wit
nessed his actions. The incident was
reported last Friday at 1 1:55 p.m.
A man who parked his car on Sta
dium Drive near Carmichael Resi
dence Hall Saturday around 1 2:40 a.m.
passed a group of men as he walked
toward the hall. One of them said
"hello" to him. The complainant an
swered, and heard one of the group
say, "He's talking about us."The group
followed the complainant and struck
him from behind about his head and
neck. He attempted to enter the resi
dence hall, and they struck him again.
The group of men then walked toward
South Road. Police could not locate
them. The complainant was taken to
Student Health Service.
Thomas Ross Bland, 60, of
Pittsboro, was stopped around 6:33
a.m. Saturday because of failure to
lower his headlights. He gave a ficti
tious name to the officers, and was
charged with having no operator's
license and delaying and obstructing.
compiled by Will Spears
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